The work of the companies will be in green buildings, biofuels, drinking water monitoring, air emissions monitoring, homeland security, hazardous waste monitoring, water infrastructure, manufacturing innovation, and nanotechnology.
These small businesses have already received âproof of conceptâ for these ideas last year. The new EPA awards, which are part of EPAâs Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR program), will help move the concepts into commercialization.
âThese awards will help spur innovation from Americanâs small businesses so they can continue driving our economy and powering over environmental successes,â said Dr. Paul T. Anastas.
I hadn’t heard about this, but very interesting. Thanks for posting this small business award news.